Michael VI of Byzantium

Michael VI of Byzantium (1009-1 October 1057) was the Emperor of the Byzantine Empire from 1056 to 1057, succeeding Basilissa Theodora and preceding Isaac I of Byzantium.

Biography
Michael was born in 1009 to the Orthodox Greek House of Bringas, and he served as an aristocrat and patrician of the Byzantine Empire. When Basilissa Theodora was dying, she nominated Michael as her heir, but the military aristocracy was disaffected by him. Nikephoros Bryennios fought against him, but in 1057 the rebels appointed a new emperor, Isaac I of Byzantium. Isaac defeated Michael at the Battle of Petroe on 20 August, forcing Michael to abdicate